Bruce A reviewed Dust by Hugh Howey
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4 stars
After a bit of a dip in the second book, “Dust” returns to form and gives an exciting conclusion to the story.
480 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2020 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
After a bit of a dip in the second book, “Dust” returns to form and gives an exciting conclusion to the story.
The ending itself was a bit underwhelming. The whole book felt like it's just writing out everything that you probably already guessed was going on in this world. It's still a 4/5 because the whole series and this book wasn't bad, I just expected much more of it, especially because of the hype around it.
Speaking of the series, I don't get why people love it so much. It's just another sci-fi series. The characters weren't outstanding, the story and world-building is okay-ish. It was a fun read, don't get me wrong, but it's not very rememberable. I feel like I could have skipped half the book and it wouldn't even have made any difference.
I would not recommend this book, not because it's bad, but because it's not special or exciting in a way that it stands out from other sci-fi books.